other things, like what the market is doing and being ready, no matter what happens, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense, from td ameritrade. >>> welcome back. the massive storm has stolen the stage from the presidential electi election, which happens one week from today. john is here with the latest. >> well, the impact today was clear. the president cancelled his campaign events. he monitored from the white house with members of his administration the situation with efforts to recover from the impact of sandy. tomorrow he's going to travel to new jersey and appear with chris christie, the republican governor who said very nice things about his response so far. mitt romney also canceled the political portion of his public events today, although he did appear in ohio at an event to raise funds and supplies for the relief effort for people affected by sandy. the long-term impact, how it's going to affect the vote, is very, very speculative. no one knows. i haven't talked to many political people who think it's going to change many people's votes, but it could disrupt voting in som